--- title: Why did the number of enslaved people grow even after new captives c… — The United States · tree and pragmatics description: Why did the number of enslaved people grow even after new captives could no longer be imported in 1808? Test 4 · ★★ of lesson 9 «The United States» of the geography course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was right. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/9-the-united-states/t4/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Geography](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/) / [The United States](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/9-the-united-states/) / t4 # Test 4 · ★★ · The United States Why did the number of enslaved people grow even after new captives could no longer be imported in 1808? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** number · **What happens:** do, enslave, grow, import · **To what, where:** number, new captives, 1808 This is test 4 · ★★ of lesson 9 «The United States» of the geography course of Mova's primary school. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: [the test at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/geography/9-the-united-states/#t4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:9-the-united-states:t4:1 # text = Why did the number of enslaved people grow even after new captives could no longer be imported in 1808? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 2 advmod _ _ 2 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 number number NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 enslaved enslave VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 amod _ _ 7 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obl _ _ 8 grow grow VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 acl:relcl _ _ 9 even even ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 10 after after SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 11 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 captives captive NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 nsubj:pass _ _ 13 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 14 no no ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 15 longer long ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 17 advmod _ _ 16 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 17 aux:pass _ _ 17 imported import VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 advcl _ _ 18 in in ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 1808 1808 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | | the number | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent number=Eventuality | | 2 | **enslave** | participle | | | | | | | vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **grow** | present | the number *not said here* | | | | | of enslaved people | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **import** | could · passive | | new captives | | 1808 | | long *property* | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree. ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} Children born to enslaved mothers were enslaved too ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:9-the-united-states:t4:o1:1 # text = Children born to enslaved mothers were enslaved too 1 Children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 born bear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 1 acl _ _ 3 to to ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 enslaved enslave VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 amod _ _ 5 mothers mother NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl _ _ 6 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux:pass _ _ 7 enslaved enslave VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 8 too too ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bear** | participle | | Children *not said here* | | | | to enslaved mothers | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **enslave** | participle | | | | | | | vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **enslave** | past · passive | | Children | | | | | vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | ### Option 2 {#o2} Free people sold themselves ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:9-the-united-states:t4:o2:1 # text = Free people sold themselves 1 Free free ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 3 sold sell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 themselves themselves PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 3 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sell** | past | Free people | people | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent themselves=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} The law counted them twice ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:9-the-united-states:t4:o3:1 # text = The law counted them twice 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 law law NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 counted count VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ _ 5 twice twice ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 3 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **count** | past | the law | them *= they* | | | | twice *property* | vn multiply-108 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} More ships brought them anyway, legally ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:9-the-united-states:t4:o4:1 # text = More ships brought them anyway, legally 1 More more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 2 amod _ _ 2 ships ship NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 3 brought bring VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ _ 5 anyway anyway ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 7 legally legally ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bring** | past | More ships | them *= they* | | | | anyway, legally *property* | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent they=Theme | **Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. 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